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作息

zuò xī

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

作息 (zuò xī) means "to work and rest". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 作息 means

1. to work and rest

The characters in 作息

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)

Words starting with 作息

• 作息时间zuò xī shí jiāndaily schedule; daily routine
• 作息时间表zuò xī shí jiān biǎodaily schedule; work schedule

Words containing 作息

• 起居作息qǐ jū zuò xīlit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom); fig. everyday life…

Where 作息 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zuò (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zuò xī correctly.
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